Berry-box.



PATENJTEDf- APR. 14, 1908.

, P. HENRIGH.

BERRY BOX. APPLICATION FILED JUN WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

PETER HEINRICH, OF HOQUIAM, WASHINGTON, AbbltiNUlt UF ONF-HALF '10 ALEXANDER POLSON, OI IIOQUIAM, WASHINGTON.

BERRY-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Application filed June 24, 1907. Serial No. 880,469.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER IIENRICH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hoquiam, in the county of Chchalis and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Berry-Boxes. of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawin s.

This invention relates to berry boxes; and its object is the provision of a two part box which is of simple and inexpensive construction, is capable of being quickly assembled and retained in operative condition without the em loyment of staples, or the like, is adapted to withstand the ordinary handling encountered in shipment without becoming distorted, and through the provision of the a ertures in the box shell furnishes ventilatron t0 the contents even while in shipping cases such as are used in transportation and storage.

With these and other ends in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and adaptation of devices, and the dis osition and combination of the same, as W] I be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical cross sectional view of an embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2, a perspective. view of the box-casing with the bottom omitted and shown partly broken away to betterillustrate its construction and manner of fastenin Fig. 3, a distended view of the box-part shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4, is a view similar to Fig. .3, of the box-bottom; and big. 5 is a pers ective view of the bottom folded into com ition reparatory for inserting into the casing as s own in Fig. 2.

In these drawings, the reference numeral 10 represents the casing or shell of the box which, as shown in Fig. 3, is scored transversel as at 11, in order to facilitate its being )ent thereat to form the corners of the box. The blank is likewise provided, adjacent of one of its ends, with an aperturev 12 to receive the tongue 13 formed at the other end of the blank and such tongue is scored as at 14 whereat it is folded back upon itself, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, and lapped over the interior of the shell after the tongue has been inserted in the aforesaid aperture. as most clearly' shown in Fig. 2.

Adjacent 0 the bottom edge It) of the l shell the latter is provided with )airsol' parallel and longitudinally arranged incisions 15, and such pairs are severally disposed to extend to each side of the res )ective scores l l, and thus furnish intermer iate portions H; which are thrust inwardly. as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to provide bracket supports for the box bottom 17. This bottom partisl'ormed of a rectangularlyshaped blank, Fig. 4, which is transversely scored. as at 18, to make bending lines for the. llaps 17, hich are. turned upwardly, as shown in Fig. 5, and when said bottom is introduced into the shell the lla s serve to still'cn the box structure while the intermediate. portion of the part 17, or the bottom proper, serves to retain the foldedover portion of said tongue in operative posi tion and also to retain the box-shell in such condition that its corners will be rectan ular.

In assembling the box, the bottom 1s advantageously inserted within the shell so that the flaps 17 will cover the tongue, though it forms a good construction if introduced otherwise. In practice, the shell would desirably be put together at the factory as represented in Fig. 2, and then by drawing either of the diagonally opposite corners together it is collapsed and made to occupy but a small space, convenient for shipment to the consumer; while the bottom parts 17 would be simply scored and shipped flat, and bv folding the same just before assembling the parts, the flaps 17 will have a tendency to spring outwardly and will lie snugly against the adjacent portion of the shell.

As will be noted, the forming of the supports for the bottom by protruding the shell portions 16 inwardly furnishes openings in the shell whcrethrough air has free access to the underside of the box-bottom, and where boxes are ship )ed in cases of two or more tiers, it is evn cut that such air will have access to the boxes in the tiers below the uppermost one and thus add greatly to the value of the. boxes when employed in shipments where the contents are to be preserved in a fresh state for a. relatively long time.

Having described my invention, what I claim, is

l. A berry box consisting of a shell provided with interlocking devices and with the sides thereof slittcd with the portions between the slits bent in an angular manner to till till

ll tl provide inwardl -extending supports integrally with and isposed at the corners of the shell, and a removable bottom mountedu on said supports and provided with upwarRl extending llaps adapted to contact with t 1e shell.

2. A berry box consisting of a shell provided with interlocking devices and with the sides thereof slitted with the portions between the slits bent in an angular manner to provide inwardly-extendin r supports integral with and disposed at t 1e corners of the shell, and a bottom mounted upon said supports.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a blank for berry boxes consistin of an elongated flat strip of material em odied by a pluralit of transversely-extending scores into a p urality of sections, said strip further provided with pairs of incisions the incisions of each pair being of e ual length and extending in parallelism wit 1 respect to each other and arranged at a point sli htly removed from one longitudinal edge 0% the strip, the

incisions of each pair projecting from each side of ascore.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a blank for berry boxes consisting of an elongated flat strip of material embodied by a lurality of transversely-extending scores into a plurality of sections, said strip further provided with pairs of incisions, the incisions of each pair being of equal length and extending in parallelism with respect to each other and arranged at a point slightly removed from one longitudinal edge of the strip, the incisions of each pair )rojecting from each side of a score, one oi said sections having a transverse slot and the other of said sections formed with a tongue extendin r in a direction of the length of the strip.

an testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER HEN RIC] I.

Witnesses:

PIERRE BARNES, HORACE BARN as. 

